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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1950
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription options for local and mail readers with per copy pricing and weekly carrier rates. It notes a Bible verse motto from James 1:8.
The piece surveys Supreme Court rulings on aliens and security bans including German deportations and a war bride denial. It notes Congress funding cuts for Korea, shifts in Franco Spain recognition, and broader foreign policy strains as the U S faces China, Bulgaria and Britain realignments and a perceived loss of global standing.
Leonard C. Jastrow, jailed after being found guilty of indecent liberties with a 13 year old, is vindicated when the girl confesses she lied. The piece notes that false accusations by teenagers are more common than thought and calls for better sex instruction.
The piece compares the English Labour Party program to U.S. diplomacy, arguing both nations move toward socialism. It cites nationalization of industries, socialized medicine, and cooperation with Russia as core themes, noting parallels with President Truman's address and predicting shared paths to socialism.
Elizabeth G. 34 faces financial strain after job loss. Dr. Crane suggests weekly dates to renew romance and preserve marriage, urging couples to pay a small weekly fee for "permanence of that love" despite money woes.
A reader praises Elizabeth for balancing a household budget and argues every husband should share a weekly date with his wife. The proposed dates include a movie, dance, restaurant dinner, or similar recreation to revive romance and strengthen marriage.
The speaker argues against fully funding a child’s university education, advocating a 50-50 split with children. He asserts many students can earn their way through college and that parents should preserve their own youth and vitality over an ever costly degree.
Washington Happenings reports that for the first time in nearly twenty years a presidential tax message avoids urging social or ideological reforms and leaves tax rate decisions to Congress. The piece notes Truman favors productive rates and emphasizes government revenue should stimulate growth without stifling private initiative.
Hal Boyle notes a famous New York hostel to be torn down next year for a modern air cooled 25 story office building costing about fifteen million dollars. He recalls a woman who keeps meticulous lists, including lost items and her tax records, as a warning about keeping order and facing revenue men.
The AP reports a jittery ghost tale titled Mrs It about Mrs Gladys Drury who died 18 years ago in a Victorian Bristol house. The William Baker family moved in 1937 and stories say opening the death room or a closet unleashes the ghost seeking company.
The passage argues the Truman administration resists deep tax cuts or hikes fearing harm to business and expects revenue growth to balance the budget in one or two years. It notes Truman refused a specific rate and urged Congress to decide how much above 38 to raise. It criticizes the buck-passing and warns vetoes shift responsibility away from the executive.
The text urges expanding education for ambitious workers while urging the husband to obtain a family income policy. It promotes spending surpluses on home comforts such as an electric washing machine and a weekly movie date. It instructs sending for tests and charts from Dr Crane with stamps and a return envelope.
A writer laments youth pace while noting recent speeding accident counts. The text cites statistics showing a teen leaving home around 15 and a stay-at-home figure near 75, with a judge commenting on young women drawn to temporary liaisons.
Builders learned after closing a deal that the hotel includes a five story basement of wine cellars requiring costly excavation for a new skyscraper and a four story underground garage to hold about 600 cars.
A business deal involved millions and a five-story basement the buyers overlooked. The narrator recalls how home purchases hinge on basements, leaks, and price adjustments, noting his wife’s insistence on such details during house hunting.
The speaker recalls the Uris Brothers as new property owners and former landlords in New York. They describe renting without harassment when behind on rent and now imply the owners may have forgotten their past holdings. The tone hints at wealth and detachment from long‑term tenants.
Reader asks for a basement donor or spare to replace a leaking basement. Inquiry seeks options or recommendations for a nonleaking alternative and how to arrange transfer or installation.
The President argues decent homes are within reach but warns of a housing shortage for low and middle income groups. He notes the system keeps people from the right houses as couples seek a modest home and families endure crowded conditions and bickering over space.
Meantime the elderly couple debate shifting to compact cottages while young families might occupy the old 12 room house. They note heat, upkeep, and space concerns and joke that logic rarely guides such changes.
Baker recalls a morning ghost that followed his family at 6 am and woke the children. With no justice for specters, the City Council is urged to rehouse the spirit or banish it. A Church of England vicar is recruited to exorcise the haunting.
A young couple, driven by borrowed ideas from magazines and movies, builds a stylish home to impress others. They invest in a replica of perfection rather than comfort, filling it with gadgets to showcase status before family life begins.
Genevieve Kemble forecasts a precarious period with testing judgments and patience from friends and influential persons. Personal, social, romantic, and financial affairs intertwine, risking a mingling of business and emotion and major, melancholic moves. Those with birthdays may face unprofitable entanglements and penalties.
A playful sarcastic note imagines a ghost named Mrs It arriving for babysitting. The writer jokes about travel logistics and housing, comparing the ghost to noisy neighbors and suggesting she might entertain the Baker children with a soft glow.
A vague passage notes separate parcels of romantic activity mixed with business and private matters. It states a child born on this day may be extravagant and pleasure seeking yet also capable of logical thinking and reasonable judgment.
Former world boxing champion Jack Johnson was issued a patent for a monkey wrench. The notable inventor's action ties his name to a practical tool milestone in the era.
A Middletown grandmother hurries to a Dayton church supper and discovers the speaker is her husband. In a humorous twist a couple’s pillow case plastic covers lead to a comic mishap as he complains his head slid off all night.
A columnist reflects on wartime fears from the prewar era to World War II and argues that the United States alone has the will and capacity to stop Russia. The piece discusses risks of Russian dominance in Asia, the Taft era decisions, and the need for a resolute national stance before expanding analysis in future columns.
Formosa is cited as a symbol of looming war risk tied to China’s vast losses. The piece argues snowballs in history do not stop without resistance, citing rulers like Alexander, Caesar, Attila, Genghis Khan, Napoleon and Hitler, and recalls a 1932 work describing Russia’s eastward expansion driven by racial momentum and conquest, not economic need.
Grandma Moses, real name Anna Mary Robertson Moses, started her art career at 76. The text notes four individuals have held five star general rank: George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry Arnold, and Douglas MacArthur, with a congressional bill proposed to promote Omar Bradley to five stars.
A pearl consists mainly of calcium carbonate like marble or limestone. It is deposited by the pearl oyster in layers with organic membranes between. It forms inside the shell as mother of pearl. when it coats a grain of sand or foreign matter it can become the prized spherical gem.
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